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Ethiopian Facts & Links...

For further information about Ethiopia:


An alternative source of Ethiopian news and views. www.ethiomedia.com

Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook
(select Ethiopia from list of countries).
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook

 

Lonely Planet World Guide: Ethiopia.
www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/africa/ethiopia/

Portals to the World: Ethiopia.
www.loc.gov/rr/international/amed/ethiopia/ethiopia.htm

The Addis Tribune. www.addistribune.com


To Hear Ethiopian Music:

Addis Live! Ethiopian music and entertainment.
www.addislive.com

Millennium Goal Indicators

BIRTH & MORTALITY

  • Birth attended by skilled health personnel (year - percentage): 2005 - 5.7%
  • Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births: 2005 - 720 (7.2%)
  • Children under five mortality rate per 1,000 live births:  2006 - 123 (12.3%)
  • Infant mortality rate (0-1 yr.) per 1,000 live births:  2006 - 77 (7.7%)
  • Adolescent birth rate, per 1,000 women: 2003 - 109.15 (11% of births are to adolescents)
 
Nutritional Status
  • Population undernourished, percentage: 2002 - 46%
  • Children under 5 moderately or severely underweight, percentage: 2005 - 38.4%
  • Children under 5 severely underweight, percentage: 2005 - 11.13%
  • Population undernourished, number of people: 2002 - 31, 000, 002
http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/


World Health Organization website:

Country profile, areas of work, news and events, resources, and more.
http://www.who.int/countries/eth/en/

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